The BICE (Bank of Investment and Foreign Trade), a public bank that provides medium and long-term credits for investment and foreign trade, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and the sectors and regions considered priority for the sector. growth of the country. In this sense, they seek to respond to the demand for financial services by the productive sector, provide comprehensive assistance to exporters, support business opportunities within value chains to improve competitiveness and provide non-financial support services to companies, with an emphasis on regional economies and the financing of long-term projects with less access to commercial banking.